Oracle Signs up with the Open Invention Network

In a time when Microsoft is striking deals with open source vendors -- er, one open source vendor -- and agreeing not to sue for patent infringement only after it is compensated for the agreement, it's nice to see that other big proprietary companies don't have to insist on remuneration for the same promise.

Oracle is not donating patents to the network at this point, but an Oracle rep says that licensing the OIN patents "provides assurance" to everyone working to improve Linux. And Oracle, he says, has been a member of that community "for years."

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